Blurb
Stirling and Quebec, 1900
A tale of blackmail, kidnap and terrible secrets. Of children being sent abroad, and of women trying to do the right thing at a time when they were second class citizens.
How far will Jane Knight and Eliza Frew go to protect the ones they love ... and save themselves?
Child rescue and migration are the backdrops to this historical drama that packs a punch.
An intelligent and emotionally rich story which is truly engaging.
Highly commended in the Pitlochry Quaich Historical Novel competition.
Review
It isn't very often that a book comes along and quite literally takes my breath away, but Rescue Sisters did just that. An absolutely stunning, poweful book that gave me goosebumps and tells you that 'girl power' was alive and kicking even in the late 1800s.
I knew about child migration, but hadn't done a whole lot of research about it and it has never really come up during my history degree. Hearing stories of children being sent away and thrust into even worse situations than the ones they were leaving behind is so sad, and wrong and I hope the real-life victims and their families of this terrible situation are ok.
It's important to note that during the period that this book was set, women were not classed as real people, they couldn't vote, or really own their own property unless it had been handed down and couldn't even get a bank account without a man vouching for them.
Eliza and Jane are forces to be reckoned with and they are not two women that I'd want to mess with, if I'm honest. The children they tried to protect and save will stay with me for a long time, it's not often I read stories involving children and harm but I felt like this was a story I had to read and I am immensely glad I did.
You will feel a lot during this book, but I urge anyone who does read it to also look into the child migration policy and understand just how many children this would have happened to.
Thank you to Elaine Whiteford and Love Books Tours for the opportunity to read and review.
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